The Trouble Begins -- by Linda Himelblau (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description: "Du Nguyen is finally home. Except he's never even met his family. And home is an ocean away from everything he's ever known. Du's mother, father, brother, and two sisters...
Ages 9 years - 12 years.
The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq -- by Jeanette Winter (Author) (Book - Parent/Child)
"Alia Muhammad Baker is the librarian of Basra. For fourteen years, her office has been a meeting place for those who love books--until now. Now war has come, and Alia fears the library will be...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Legend of the Wandering King -- by Laura García (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description "Walid was a model prince: handsome, intelligent, skilled in the arts of warfare and poetry. But the kingdom boasted one greater poet than he, and out of jealousy Walid cursed the...
All Ages
Age groups: Adolescence (13-21)
Harry Sue -- by Sue Stauffacher (Author) (Book - Parent/Child)
Product Description "Harry Sue Clotkin is tough. Her mom's in the slammer and she wants to get there, too, as fast as possible, so they can be together. But it's not so easy to become a juvenile...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Where Is the Green Sheep? -- by Mem Fox (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description "There are red sheep and blue sheep, wind sheep and wave sheep, scared sheep and brave sheep, but where is the green sheep? The search is on in this cozy, sheep-filled story...
Ages 4 years - 8 years.
The Big House -- by Carolyn Coman (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description: "When the judge declares their parents guilty of embezzlement, sending them to the big house for twenty-five years, Ivy and Ray are sent to live with Marietta and Lionel Noland,...
Ages 9 years - 12 years.
Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing -- by James Rumford (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description "The story of Sequoyah is the tale of an ordinary man with an extraordinary idea—to create a writing system for the Cherokee Indians and turn his people into a nation of readers...
Ages 4 years - 8 years.
Bird -- by Angela Johnson (Author) (Book - Parent/Child)
Product Description "Bird is determined and patient. So patient that she's been hiding out behind a farmhouse for weeks waiting for Cecil. Bird misses her bedroom, her friends, and especially her...
Ages 9 years - 12 years.
Ella Sarah Gets Dressed -- by Margaret Chodos-Irvine (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description "Ella Sarah may be little, but she has a BIG sense of style--and it isn't at all like that of her mother, father, and older sister. Yet they all want her to dress just like them!...
All Ages
Age groups: Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5)
Vote! -- by Eileen Christelow (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description "In a presidential election year, when selecting a new leader will be the focus of national attention, what could be more timely than an upbeat and informative introduction to...
All Ages
Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)